Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [noun pl] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whitelaw , concerned as ever to be the mediator , strove to find a middle way between Heseltine and those who did not want a penny extra for the cities for fear of being seen to reward rioters . |
| 2 | Slipstreaming away , waiting for the bits of gristle from the sandwiches . |
| 3 | And consequently , er the blockade did have er did have serious er serious consequences for the imports in relation to food etcetera , that er that were required by the er by the republican government . |
| 4 | There may well have been planning permission for the activities in question in those cases . |
| 5 | They give nothing away , and it 's Jensen in his rock-solid role as ball-winner and organiser who is providing a base for the ones in front of him to play . |
| 6 | It goes on : ’ ( 2 ) The CAP negotiations must build on reasonably broad agreement on the principle of resource withdrawal in the shape of arable set-aside. ( 3 ) The negotiations must also develop constructively the common thread of agreement on the environment , and on the need for permanent measures to compensate for the disadvantages of farming in Less Favoured Areas . |
| 7 | It is common for the articles of association of a company that is a management buy-out vehicle , a joint venture company , or which is owned by multiple shareholders to provide that the sale of the assets and undertaking of the company requires the consent of specified individuals . |
| 8 | As there are many persons of distinction in England who are pleased to honour the art of gardening by making it a considerable part of their amusement and have been greatly assisting in the introducing of large numbers of new plants , shrubs and trees into the English gardens and as some of these noble persons have studied the science of botany and are well acquainted with the characters and true names of the plants … their example will render it necessary for the professors of Gardening at least to know the plants they cultivate by their proper titles … |
| 9 | The capital gain or loss calculated for corporation tax purposes on the disposal of property , plant , equipment or other assets is usually measured as the difference between the sale price and the base cost of the asset plus a deduction for indexation ( an allowance given for the effects of inflation during the period of ownership of the asset ) . |
| 10 | In the fifties , doctors treated a number of people for the effects of smog in places like London and Birmingham . |
| 11 | The view that a ‘ threshold of effect ’ exists for the effects of phenylketonuria on brain development is based largely on the apparently normal intelligence of subjects with the mildest forms of the disorder ( so called ‘ benign ’ hyperphenylalaninaemia ) , whose plasma phenylalanine concentrations are <1000 µmol/l ( normal 50–120 µmol/l ) and who do not usually receive treatment . |
| 12 | A general information processing approach which appears to account both for the effects of arousal on task performance and the interaction between arousal and retention interval in the memory literature has been proposed by a number of researchers ( e.g. Broadbent , 1971 ; Hockey , 1979 ) . |
| 13 | ( For the rules of inheritance for ascertaining the heir , see pp. 111–13 . ) |
| 14 | Heavenly Father , we pray for the talks about peace in the Middle East . |
| 15 | They were far enough from the city for the sounds of insurrection to be too faint to disturb anyone but the few scrawny goats which wandered listlessly around their enclosures . |
| 16 | I accept everything that has been said so far , but is it really necessary for the persons in question to be the subject of media coverage ? |
| 17 | However , ‘ crime fighting ’ is not the sole task of the section police in Easton , for the calls for assistance to which they respond vary considerably in nature . |
| 18 | The second question was whether it was lawful to pass sentences totalling 12 months for the offences in respect of which the appellant had been committed under Criminal Justice Act 1967 , s.56 . |
| 19 | Indeed the recent evidence on plasmids can be seen as beautiful supporting evidence for the conjectures near bottom of page 182 ( which seemed a bit wild at the time ) . |
| 20 | As the two treatment groups were not identical in severity of disease at the start of the trial , an analysis of covariance , with corresponding confidence intervals , was used to compare each measure between the groups after treatment , making adjustments for the differences in severity of disease before treatment as measured by the corresponding baseline measurement . |
| 21 | What accounts for the differences from town to town , or the similarities between them ? |
| 22 | If one wants to look for the origins of conflict in modern America , one could do worse than line up the eighteenth-century Puritans against the Enlightenment men : say , Jonathan Edwards ( 1703–1758 ) , Samuel Davies ( 1723–1761 ) and Timothy Dwight ( 1752–1817 ) versus Benjamin Franklin ( 1706–1790 ) , Thomas Jefferson ( 1743–1826 ) , Thomas Paine ( 1737–1809 ) and James Madison ( 1751–1836 ) . |
| 23 | If , over the years , the balance of probabilities has shifted so that balances previously included as creditors now seem unlikely ever to be paid , it would be appropriate for the balances in question to be removed from creditors , with the corresponding credit in either profit and loss account or , if the sums are material and the adjustment arises from a fundamental error , the profit and loss reserves in the balance sheet . |
| 24 | ( For the advantages of adoption over long-term foster care see Triseliotis , 1983 and Triseliotis and Hill , 1987 ) . |
| 25 | The fact that the P.M. asked for the processes of selection of his successor to be undertaken in the middle of a party conference was bound to create consternation , confusion and intrigue , and indeed it did . |
| 26 | Initially it was assumed that the objective would be for the villages to farm on a communal basis . |
| 27 | This course , modified to take one day , was repeated in January for the officers in charge of Evening Duty and in March for those next in seniority in the evenings . |
| 28 | The stated aims of the restructuring were partly to reduce the recent increased level of borrowing , but also to make individuals more accountable and profit conscious for the areas of operation under their control . |
| 29 | Before the enrolment of a new group of students onto a programme , centres are required to submit to HCIMA three copies of assessment scheme and information listed below for the areas of study to be offered in the coming session . |
| 30 | She was feeling for the lumps of coal in her fuel store , to bring them in to light the fire in snowy weather . |